Brazil's Photovoltaic Power Generation Set A New Record in 2021

It is understood that since 2012, the photovoltaic industry has attracted more than 66.3 billion reais of investment in Brazil, brought 17.1 billion reais in taxes to the country, created more than 390,000 jobs, and reduced the power generation process. Of 14.7 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions.

Rodrigo Sauaia, chairman of the Photovoltaic Solar Energy Association, believes that the development of solar energy is of great significance to Brazil’s social, economic and environmental development. Residential electricity prices soared due to thermal power generation. He said: "The current emergency activation of thermal power generation and the import of electricity from neighboring countries are the two main factors causing the increase in electricity prices. Compared with the two, the cost of generating electricity for large photovoltaic power plants is only one-tenth."

Brazil's large-scale solar power plant has an installed capacity of 4.6 GW, equivalent to 2.4% of the national power supply, and ranks sixth in the power generation of various energy sources in Brazil. There are large-scale photovoltaic projects in operation in nine states across the country, including Bahia, Ceara, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Piauí and Rio Grande do Norte in the northeast, and Minasgui in the southeast. Lars and São Paulo states, and Tocantins in the Midwest. Since 2012, large-scale photovoltaic power plants have brought in more than 23.9 billion reais of new investment in Brazil, accumulated more than 138,000 jobs, and paid 6.5 billion reais for the national treasury.

Distributed photovoltaic power generation has now spread across all five regions of Brazil, with an installed capacity of 8.4 GW, accounting for 99.9% of all self-owned power generation facilities. Since 2012, it has driven investment of more than 42.4 billion reais, tax revenue has reached 10.6 billion reais, and accumulated more than 251,000 jobs.